Some thoughts on my recent BSODs

[Roger]

Started getting BSODs (Blue Screens Of Death) a couple of days ago when loading or sometimes after loading FsX. Occasionally I got them whilst booting up with the inevitable bios message "Overclocking hasn't worked...".

So to work.

For reference here are my system specs

SYSTEM :

OS:Vista Home premium 32 bit (labotomised).

DX version:Dx9c and Dx10.

Processor:Q6600 (SLACR) processor overclocked to 3.3 gHz with Zalman cpu fan.

Motherboard:Asus Maximus Extreme.

RAM:4096 mb DDR3 1.6 gHz.

Video Card:GF8800GTX core clock overclocked to 612 mHz. Memory clock to 1000 mHz.

Monitor/Resolution: SyncMaster 920N LCD. 1280 x 1024 (32 bit 60Hz)

Sound: SoundMax Blackhawk (AMD).

1. Removed overclocking (I have had my 6600 at 3.3 gig for over a year without problems). Still BSOD running FsX


2. Removed 2 recently added software programs. Still BSOD running FsX


3. Spend a day changing my video and audio card drivers to various other versions. Still BSOD running FsX


4. Build a new FsX Cfg. Still BSOD running FsX


5. Removed several recently added FsX addons. Still BSOD running FsX


6. Considered reinstall of Vista and FsX. Thought better of it and retired to a darkened room with bottle of drinkin' whisky.


7. Got the BSOD long enough to read some detail "Page fault found in non paged area" Googled it. Problem likely to be in memory (ram) or other hardware fault in anything in my pc.



8. More time in darkened room considering the cost of replacing the Asus Maximus Extreme mobo.



9. Flashed latest bios (dead easy on the Maximus with a pen drive). Seemed to help a little.



10. More Googling..."Check all boards are seated correctly, especially ram".



11. Did it.



Story ends here. Just lifting all pcie and ram boards out then reseating them did the job.



Phew!!

[lifejogger]

Wow Roger what an ordeal. Man just keep your fingers crossed hope that is the end of it.

[AirCoaster]

not to burst your bubble, but whenever I have installed or changed anything on my rig, and I end up having problems, removing and reinstalling the modules is always my first choice. I just had an issue with my videocards when I cleaned the case components of dust and grime. I couldn't get SLI mode to work, here it turned out that one of the videocards weren't seated properly, and also a memory module. I could actually see the memory module release clip moved out just ever so slightly.

I had a bout with case fans at one time too, connections.